Potato-planter



H. J. H. LAFLCHE.

POTATO PLANTER. APPLxcArloN FILED AuG.,1919.

Pantedsept. 28,1920.

Alfa/wy UNITED, STATES rTENT oFFicK'E.

HnRivinNEerLD'ii J. LArLncrin, or oassELMi/iiv, ONTARIO, CANADA.

PoTA'ro-PLANTER.

Application filed AugustlrS, k1919. VSeriallc. 316,116.

To all whom t may concer/a Be it known that I, HERMENEGILDEJ. H. LAFLECHE, a subject 01 the King of Great Britain, residing at Casselman, Province of Ontario, Canada.J have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Potato-Plane ers; and l-do hereby declare that the toll owing is a iull, clear, and venact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to vwhich it appertains to makeV and use the saine.

The present invention relates .to potato l planters, and an object thereof is to provide shown a simple and preferred form of the` invention, it being, however, understood that no limitation is necessarily made to the precise structuraldetails herein exhibited,

but the right is hereby reserved to anyr changes, alterations or modifications to which recourse may be had that come within the scope of the claim vwithout departing inn` the efficiency of the same. y

y In the accompanying drawings:

Figure 1 is a vertical longitudinalsecfrom the spirit of the invention or sacrifictional view ,of the planter embodying the present invention; and Fig. 2 is a-top plan view of the same.

Referring now more particularly lto thel .accompanying drawings wherein like and corresponding parts are designated by simi- .lar reterence characters throughout the several views.

The planter embodying the present invern tion comprises a fraineconsisting of a pair ot spaced bars 1 having handles 2 formed with one end thereof and a shai't 3 journaled within the oppositer ends thereof. 'Depending from the barsrl are suitable supports 4 and these bars are connected by means 'of a transverse bar 5. Keyed to the axle 3 is ground wheel 6 in which the potatoes are deposited and linallv drop upon the ground in the proper spaced relation to form mounds Y eiiuidistant apart,l Supported within the n Speciiicatoii of Letters Patent. Paten-fied 28.', V,192th this hopper is a casing 8 having an endless elevating carrier 9 arranged therein. Thisy elevator 9 is adapted to take potatoes or parts thereof which are deposited within the hopvper 7 and elevate the same within the casing 8, and after these potatoes have been elevated they are finally deposited within a chute 10. The ground wheel 6 comprises a hub portion which has a pluralityof radially extending spokes 11V 'formed therein and Vthese spokes are connected by an outer rim 12 and an inner concentric rim 13, thereby forming a plurality of compartments 14` Vbars 1 is a hopper 7 and arrangedadjacent within the'wheel. rlhe outer rim 12 is provided with openings 15 which lead within Y the compartments 14 and arranged within the compartments 14 and suitably connected to spokes 11 and outer rim 12 are the blocks 16 having inclined i'aces 17. As the wheel 6 is rotated'the outer periphery thereof by I passing under the spout 10 closes the saine, y

but as .each opening 15 registers with this spout or chute a potato 'contained within the chute` will drop through one of the openings 15 into Aone of the compartments 14. As the planter is propelled over thel ground the potatoes contained within thel wheel will assume the positions as shown in Fig. 1.

The races 17 of said blocks 16 are disposed in such angular plane, that the said inclinations cause a potato to drop out of each coinpartment 14, when the latter have reached j their lowermost position in the Y travel ot wheel 6 'and consequently when each opening 15 registers'with the ground.

yThe elevator 9isoperated by means of a, sprocket wheel 18 mounted on aXle 3 oi the ground wheel 6, anda sprocket chainf19,

.passes over sprocket wheel 18 and vanother sprocket wheel 2O on shaft 2 1.

'As the planter is propelled over the ground the wheel will revolve and likewise the sprocketwheel 18 will also bel caused to revolve, thereby bringing the elevator 9 into edL operation. the potatoes or parts` there.

of `are placed within they hopper. they will comen contact with thiselevator and when the elevator is set in motion the potatoes will be elevated and finally be deposited within the chute 10. As an opening 15` registers withl the chute a potato will be dropped within each compartment 14 and substantially be deposited in the proper spaced relation within the ground.

Having thus fully described kmyinven tion, What I Claim as new and desire to se.

cure by Letters Patent is;

A potato planter comprising a fraine, a

ground Wheel having` a hub supported Within said frame, said ground Wheel formed with inner and outer rin'is, spokes connecting said huh and rims, blocks secured to said spokes between said rnns and forming coinpartments having outlet openings, said l0 blocks formed with inclined inner surfaces latter have reached their lowern'rost position 15 in the travel of the ground Wheel.

In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand.

HERMENEGILDE J. H. LAFLECHE. 

